Egypt Events, Festivals & Special Travel Experiences

Khan El-Khalili – History Khan El-Khalili is an open market, or as we call it in Egypt, “Souq.” It started as a storage place for merchants in the 14th century and became the center of foreign trade in the late 15th century during the Mamluk era. Location The history of this Bazaar makes it unique […]

Saqqara When it comes to Egypt, the oldest of everything is here, as many said: “Egypt came first, then history was written.” And this is vividly obvious in this unique location, Saqqara, Egypt. It’s a vast necropolis where many Kings and high-ranking viziers were buried. The tombs differed from each other in shape, size, and […]

Hatshepsut Deir El Bahri, the place that is famous for the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, lies at its cliff, but not a lot knows that it is part of the Theban Necropolis. It has several mortuary temples and tombs; it is located on the west bank opposite Luxor City. It actually means in Arabic, the […]

St. Catherine In the middle of the Sinai Peninsula rises a sacred mountain, 1,586 m high (about 5,203 ft), heading to the deep sky and pointing to God. It’s where God talked to Moses while the people of Israel were leaving Egypt and gave him the Ten Commandments, as written in Exodus. That’s why it’s […]

Ramesseum, Egypt The effect of King Ramses the Great, or Ramses II, is vividly noticeable around Egypt. You can find his best masterpiece at Abu Simbel, some of his prints at Karnak Temple, and, of course, the Ramesseum. The Ramesseum is a mortuary Temple of King Ramses II, located in Thebes Necropolis, on the west […]

Wadi El-Seboua Wadi el-Seboua, translated in English to the Valley of the Lions, can also be pronounced as Wadi Es-Sebua. The Arabs named it after The Great Sphinx-lined that is located before the entrance of the Temple; it is from the New Kingdom Egyptian temples. The Temple was dedicated to the Nubian form of God […]

Temple Of Esna Walking through Egypt’s cities and villages, you’ll always find a piece of history telling stories about our ancestors; and Esna is not an exception. Esna is a small city on the west bank of the Nile where you can find the Temple of Esna or the Temple of Khnum. Where is Esna […]

Hawara Pyramid In Egypt, there are more than 200 pyramids, not only the famous ones at Giza, some of them are still in good shape, some are not, but they all have great archeological importance. Hawara Pyramid is one of the Egyptian heritages from Pyramids; it belongs to King Amenemhat III, who was the last […]

Beni Hasan Tombs A small village 245 Km south of Cairo, near to what we know now by the Minya governorate, lies on the east bank of the Nile. This village is not for people to live in, but it was a necropolis from the Middle Kingdom (21st to 17th centuries BCE); it was the burial […]

Tuna El-Gebel: The City Of The Dead Once upon a time during the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods in Ancient Egypt, there was a city called Hermoplis Magna, or, as it was called, Khnum, lays in the North-western boundary of Akhenaten’s city Akhetaten. About 11 Km away from the city laid the largest cemetery of Greco-Roman […]

Farafra Oasis Egypt is full of unique, magical places that are hard to find in other countries. Some were created thousands of years ago, and some are a gift from Mother Nature. Among these gifts are the Oasiss that lie in the vast desert of Egypt, with their natural springs and outstanding views. Egypt has […]

Tell El Amarna Tell El Amarna is the only ancient Egyptian city that preserved great details from its internal plan. Its name comes from the Beni Amran tribe that lived in the region, but the city’s ancient name was Akhetaten. In ancient Egyptian, the name meant “Horizon of the Aten.” The name was dedicated to […]